feat: support disabling the built-in updater

Author: ethanndickson

Coder-Desktop/Coder-Desktop/UpdaterService.swift

@@ -2,42 +2,63 @@ import Sparkle
 import SwiftUI
 
 final class UpdaterService: NSObject, ObservableObject {
-    private lazy var inner: SPUStandardUpdaterController = .init(
-        startingUpdater: true,
-        updaterDelegate: self,
-        userDriverDelegate: self
-    )
-    private var updater: SPUUpdater!
+    // The auto-updater can be entirely disabled by setting the
+    // `disableUpdater` UserDefaults key to `true`. This is designed for use in
+    // MDM configurations, where the value can be set to `true` permanently.
+    @Published var disabled: Bool = UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: Keys.disableUpdater) {
+        didSet {
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(disabled, forKey: Keys.disableUpdater)
+        }
+    }
+
     @Published var canCheckForUpdates = true
 
     @Published var autoCheckForUpdates: Bool! {
         didSet {
             if let autoCheckForUpdates, autoCheckForUpdates != oldValue {
-                updater.automaticallyChecksForUpdates = autoCheckForUpdates
+                inner?.updater.automaticallyChecksForUpdates = autoCheckForUpdates
             }
         }
     }
 
     @Published var updateChannel: UpdateChannel {
         didSet {
-            UserDefaults.standard.set(updateChannel.rawValue, forKey: Self.updateChannelKey)
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(updateChannel.rawValue, forKey: Keys.updateChannel)
         }
     }
 
-    static let updateChannelKey = "updateChannel"
+    private var inner: (controller: SPUStandardUpdaterController, updater: SPUUpdater)?
 
     override init() {
-        updateChannel = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: Self.updateChannelKey)
+        updateChannel = UserDefaults.standard.string(forKey: Keys.updateChannel)
             .flatMap { UpdateChannel(rawValue: $0) } ?? .stable
         super.init()
-        updater = inner.updater
+
+        guard !disabled else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        let inner = SPUStandardUpdaterController(
+            startingUpdater: true,
+            updaterDelegate: self,
+            userDriverDelegate: self
+        )
+
+        let updater = inner.updater
+        self.inner = (inner, updater)
+
         autoCheckForUpdates = updater.automaticallyChecksForUpdates
         updater.publisher(for: \.canCheckForUpdates).assign(to: &$canCheckForUpdates)
     }
 
     func checkForUpdates() {
-        guard canCheckForUpdates else { return }
-        updater.checkForUpdates()
+        guard let inner, canCheckForUpdates else { return }
+        inner.updater.checkForUpdates()
+    }
+
+    enum Keys {
+        static let disableUpdater = "disableUpdater"
+        static let updateChannel = "updateChannel"
     }
 }
 

Coder-Desktop/Coder-Desktop/Views/Settings/GeneralTab.swift

@@ -19,18 +19,20 @@ struct GeneralTab: View {
                     Text("Start Coder Connect on launch")
                 }
             }
-            Section {
-                Toggle(isOn: $updater.autoCheckForUpdates) {
-                    Text("Automatically check for updates")
-                }
-                Picker("Update channel", selection: $updater.updateChannel) {
-                    ForEach(UpdateChannel.allCases) { channel in
-                        Text(channel.name).tag(channel)
+            if !updater.disabled {
+                Section {
+                    Toggle(isOn: $updater.autoCheckForUpdates) {
+                        Text("Automatically check for updates")
+                    }
+                    Picker("Update channel", selection: $updater.updateChannel) {
+                        ForEach(UpdateChannel.allCases) { channel in
+                            Text(channel.name).tag(channel)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    HStack {
+                        Spacer()
+                        Button("Check for updates") { updater.checkForUpdates() }.disabled(!updater.canCheckForUpdates)
                     }
-                }
-                HStack {
-                    Spacer()
-                    Button("Check for updates") { updater.checkForUpdates() }.disabled(!updater.canCheckForUpdates)
                 }
             }
         }.formStyle(.grouped)